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Old 05-11-2007, 07:49 PM
danrobb
 
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delete from table where column != (multiple values)


Have a table with around 700 rows. I want to delete all but around 30. How can I specify multiple different values for a given column to not delete. I'm thinking something like:

DELETE * FROM TABLE WHERE COLUMN != ('valueA','valueB','valueC'...'valueN')

but I mustn't have the syntax correct because I keep getting errors.

TIA,

Dan
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Old 05-11-2007, 08:05 PM
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Default ANY answer. Re: delete from table where column != (multiple values)

I think I figured it out...
DELETE * FROM TABLE WHERE COLUMN NOT IN ('valueA','valueB'....'valueN')
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